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Old Glory In Cuba. 


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DRAMA^ 

FOUR ACTS, 



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OLD OLORY IN CUBA. 
CAST OF CHARACTERS. 


Robert Adams. 

Hiram Lawton___ 

Flip Fowler. 

Don Atwo Carranza, 

John Norton. 

James Bra ton. 

Policeman. 

Jailer.. 

]\[ay Norton. 

Mollie Mayland. ... 

Bridget McDougal. . 

Spaniards, Peasants, Soldiers, Etc. 

TIME OF PLAYING—2 hours. 

-X-— 

C0S2HMES —Model'll and T^ropical, ' 

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SYNOPSIS 01 EVENTS. 

ACT I.—Don A1 VO Carranza !ind Flip in Mr. Lawton’s office in NewYork— 
News of the scuttl <1 ship Alabama—A villainous scheme—The lost papers— 
“If they are fonml it is a term in Sing Sing prison lor ns”—Flip and liis sweet¬ 
heart Mollie—Papers found by Mollie—Flip returns them to Mr. La wton’s desk 
—Mr. Lawton and Robert Adams, rivals for tlie hand of Aliss Norton—Mr. 
Norton and May’s expected visit to Cuba—May informs her lover of her father’s 
intention of asking him to aecompany them—Mr. Lawton’s scheme works well 
—Robert Adams arrested on charge of felony—May believes in her lover's 
integrity—The charge refuted—“I only took these papers, which prove yon, Do»i 
Alvo Carranza, of smuggling arms and ammunition into Cubxi, and of Avreck- 
ing the ship Alabama—Picture. 

ACT 11.—Havana—Home of Mr. Norton, with the American flag floating 
from veranda—Spaniards hissing and hooting—Bridget drives them away-^ 
Flip and Bridget—Idr. La^vton as leader of the Spanish mob—Flip uses his 
wonderful electric dis.-overy on some of the Spaniards—Lawton’s scheme to 
abduct May Norton—Mollie and Flip, old sweethearts, Bridget’s opinion of 
such “goings on,” her experience on the trip from Ireland—Robert and May- 
Don Alvo Carranza and Spaniards attempt to arrest Robert Adams—The flag 
insulted, “Who ter.rs down that flag, does it over my dead body”—Music, “Red 
White and Bine”—Tabb'au. 

ACT III.—Prison—Lawton’s opinion of Don Alvo—Robert .Adams, a prisoner 
—Bridget and Robert—Robert’s request of Flip—“Shoot the in.an at the window 
Avhen the clock strikes nine,” and “Don Alvo and Lawton xvill not see me shot 
down likea dog” Maw visitsRoiiert in prison—Lawton and May—“Be iny wife 
and Adams is,free”—“Never! he will escape you”—“Yes, that window”—Law- 
ton rushes towindow—Flip shp])Osing it is Robert, shoots Lawton—Don .Alvo 
and soldiers rush into prison—Lawton only stunned—“Robert Adams, ]n-e))are 
to die”—Norton interfei-es as representative of the United States, but without 
avail—“Shoot when I count three —one, two—May Norton throws the American 
flag around Robert—“Fire upon this if yon dare”—'I'ablea.n. 

Act IV.—Robert, Mr. Norton, May and Bridget find refuge in an old ruined 
Monastery—Flip surprised by the supposed Spaniard—Law’ton’s attempt to 

abduct May Norton—Robert comes to her rescue —Arrival of Dewey’s fleet 

Conflict with Sptiniards, Avho are vanquished—“The land of the free and the 
home of the brave”—Music, “Star Spangled Bjinner.” 


STA GE DIRECTIONS. 

R., means Right; L., Left; R. ii.. Right Hand; l. h., Left Hand; c.. Center; s. r. 
f2d E.,] Second Entrance; u. E., Upper Entrance; m. »., Middle Door; I'., the 
Flat; D. F., Door in Flat; R. c.. Right of Center; l. c.. Left of Center. 

R. It. c. c. L. c. L. 

The reader is supposed to be tipon the stage facing the audience. 



Spanish dialect. 



















OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 


ACT 1. 

SCENE .— Lawton’s office, neatly furnulied — looks, papers, ledgers, ett., 
011 desk li,, stand li'Uh drawer l., door cCiid icindow up''c., do&rs e. 
and L., cJiairs about the room — Mollie Mayland discovered dusting 
furniture, books, desks, etc. 

Mollie. I do wish I could get away from this office. I hate Hiram 
Lawton, he is a snake and all hi,S friends are snakes. 

Enter, Don Alvo Cahkanza, c. e. 

Here’s a Spanish vipor. 

Don sits at table in, Mollie dusts about table, Don goes l., same business 

dt fable l. 

Don. Stop that! 

Mollie. Stop what? 

Don. leaking that dust. 

Mollie. 1 have to make dust. I couldn’t live without it, 

Don. Where is your master? 

Mollie. I am not my master’s keeper. 

Don. Wlien will he be in? 

Mollie. When he gets here. 

Don. You :ire a saucy little girl and need correcting. 

Mollie. Cirl ? I’m a lady, and you’re no gentleman. 

Don. I am a perfect gentleman! 

Mollie. {going to l. e.) Gentleman don’t come from Spain. 

{exit, l. E. 

Don. Bah! Lawton is late this morning. I have been informed 
that, that last ship load of guns and ammunition has not been landed 
in Cuba. 'Wlui.t would the Spanish government say if they knew 
Unit T, Don Alvo Carranza, holding a Spanish government pLsitioh, 
Avas implicated in sending fire arms and ammunition to the Cubans? 
If we can succeed in bringing about a war with the United States, 

1 will return to Spain and retire as one of her wealthiest citizens. I 



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OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 


wonder if I can trust Lawton? Yes, he is a scoundrel and would 
stop al nothing to better his bank account. 

Enter, Flip Fowlep, l. e., hangs hat on rack. 
Good-morning Mr. Fowler. 

Flip. Good-morning, sir! (aside) Every lime I see him, I feel 
like taking a trip to the moon. 

Don. You look happy tfiis morning. 

Flip. I am, and why shouldn’t I be? salary is raised from 

to-day on. 

Don. (going c.) That is nice, and some day you Avill be a rich 
man. Tell Mr. Lawton I will call at 10:30. (e.vit, d. f. 

Flip. If I had my way, I would have you in jail at 9:15. When I 
get through with this job, I am going to hire out to Barnum as 
snake charmer. What a relief to get rid of that viper. 

Enter, Hiram Lawton, l. e. 

Gh, Lord: here’s the papa snake of them all. 

Late. Good-morning Mr. Fowler. 

Flip. Good-morning, sir! 

Lnio. Please step out and get me a morning paper. 

Flip. Yes, sir! (aside) I’d like to get him a base ball bat. 

(exit, c. E. 

Lato. (business of looking in draicers, on taUes, etc.) Wher3 could I 
have placed those papers? Should they fall into other hands tiian 
mine, I Avould be booked for a long stay at hotel Sing Sing. I 
must have left them at home. Bah! I’ll no longer trouble myself 
with vague fears. 


Enter, James Braton, c. e. 

Hello! Braton, I was just thinking of you. 

Braton. AVhat’s the matter ? You loolv as sheared as a hare in a 
thunder storm, and as white as a sea-gull after a heavy fall of snow. 

Law. Your presence of late sets me to thinking. 

Brat. Has civilization and broadcloth made a milksop of my 
comrade, Hiram Lawton, ex-smuggler—ex-highway robber—ex- 
f criers. 

Law. Silence, fool! In the AVest, it was man ’gainst man, horse 
’g'^Jnst horse, and shot for shot—a life of excitement and wild ad¬ 
venture—but here violence is.useless; cunning and craft alone pre¬ 
veil. In this country I am no longer an adventurer, but a respecta¬ 
ble iTxsrchant. Come the news? 

Brat. AA'^all, I was examined before the court yesterday, and the 
Insurance Company suspect. 

Laio. AVhat? 

Bi 'at. AVhy, the truth, the whole truth; that yon loaded a rotten 
ship with a worthless cargo, insured it at about twenty times its 
, value, and placed it under my command; that I purposely wrecked 
it; a-id that we're both trying to swindle ’em. 

Laic. AA^ell, and you? 

Brat. AA^all! I swore till I Avas, or ought to have been, jet black 
all over my countenance that it Avas a lie, and the Court of Inquiry 


OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 


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h.as reserved its judgment till to-morrow morning. 

Good! We shall succeed yet. 

Brat. We shall if hard swearing ’ll do it. 

Law. Oh, by-the-bye, have you the papers relating to the cargo? 
Brat. Come! No larks—I gave ’em to you. 

Imw. AVell! I've either left them at home or lost them. 

Brat. Not the latter, I hope, for they contain enough to send us 
to Sing Sing for a long term. Can you trust yonr clerks? 

Law. No, one of them, Fowler, is a braiidess fellow, but his 
honesty is dangerous. The other, Adams, is a shrewd fellow. 

Brat. Then you should talce him into the swim with us. 

Law. I offered him a partnership, but he refused, hinting some¬ 
thing about an exposure. 

Brat. You must get rid of him. 

Law. Trust me for that, we both love the same— 

Jirat. Lady. 

Laic. Exactly, at one blow, I intend ridding myself of my enemy 
and my rival by— 

Brat. Slicing his wind. (passe.i hand across throat 

Imw. No. In the West I should have done so, but here I only in¬ 
tend to blast his character and send him to Sing Sing. 

Brat. Well, that’s generous, Lawton. 

(Flip heard sinc/ing outside 

Law. Hush! hush! Here’s Fowler, he must nat see you here. 
Brat. Look here Lawton, I don’t like this hiding and dodging 
like a thief. 

Law. Quick! quick! . {pushes him out of door ja. 

Enter, Flip, c. e. 

Flip. Your papers, sir! 
r,aw. Mr. Fowler. 

Flip. Yes, sir! 

Law. {aside) Now to practice on. this fellow’s simplicity and gain 
his sympathy against Adams, {aloud) Mr. Fowler, it is my belief 
that in this office, there is a thief. 

Flip. Gh, good gracious, I hope you don’t suspect me? 

Law. I am happy to say I do not, Mr. Fowler. 

Flip, {aside) There’s only two of us here. He must mean him¬ 
self, then! 

Jjaw. For some time past'I have missed various sums of money 
from that drawer. {jJoints to desk, l. 

Flip. Why, that’s your private drawer, sir. 

Law. Precisely! But. to prove 1 am sincere in my confidence in 
you, I shall advance your salary. 

Flip. You take away my breath, sir. 

Law. Now, I have great faith in your judgment. 

Flip. I am overwhelmed! 

Law. Tell me whom you suspect? 

Flip. Law! I don’t suspect anyone, sir, 

IjOw. No one? 

Flip. No one, sir. {aside) Except you. 

Law. Not even—for example—-Mr. Adams? * 

Flip. Oh! no, sir, he’s my friend, and I’d swear—■ 


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Law. Anything to serve him, I suppose, {aside) Curse him! 
{aloud) Weil, say nothing of what has occurred between us to your 
friend; you understand, not a word. {goes up c., takes hat off peg 

Flip. Not a word, on the word of a Fowler, which has never been 
broken—when it wnis easi('r to Iceep it. 

Laio. I’ll step down to the police-station, and see what they can 
do to ferret out this secret thief, whoever he is; but before I do, let 
this shake of the hand evince my entire confidence in your integrity. 
Honest, honest Flip. {exit, l. e. 

Flip. Honest, honest Flip, (shakes hwiself by ha?id) Nothing like 
shaking oneself by the hand. Flip, old boy, shake with an honest 
man. (shakes himself by the hand) There is something wrong here, 
but I shan’t trouble myself about the matter—Flip is equal—no, 
damn it, he is superior to the occasion, (sits at desk n.) Eleven and 
9 are 21, 21 and 7 are 29 and 5 are 32 and 6 are 42, put down 2 and 
carry 4. There, that’s satisfactory. Ah! Flip, that your noble 
mind should be fettered to a veneer desk, by the silver chain of $10 
a week, (Mollie heard singing outside) but hark! I hear a voice, it is 
my love. 

EnUr, Mollie, l. e. , feather duster in hand. 

Why so distant, my de\v drop of delight? 

Mollie. Mr. Fowler. 

Flip. Mr. Fowler, in the dignity of business, but in priva^te, your 
ever affectionate Flip. 

Mollie. I brought a package of papers, which I found this morn¬ 
ing when cleaning the office. 

Flix>. (taking them) Oh, evidently of a private nature, bills of 
lading—invoices—letters—manuscripts. Hello! all about the Gov¬ 
ernor’s ship, the Alabama, which was wrecked, they do say, on pur¬ 
pose. Now, I can satisfy my curiosity. They are not mine, and I’Jl 
just pop them into the drawer of his private desk, (opens drawer in 
desk and puts them in) And he’ll never know but he has left them 
there and won’t suspect me of reading them. 

Mollie. I can’t stay any longer. Flip. 

Flip. Stay, one word ’ere we part. Do you love me? 

Mollie. Oh! don’t I, but I’m going across the briny deep. 

Flip. What means this? Speak, speak my Mollie. 

Mollie. It means that I am going to Cuba with Mr. and Mis . 
Norton. 

Flip. You have brought my heart to my mouth. 

Mollie. Have I, let’s look at it. 

(Flip opens mouth, Mollie sticks feather duster in his face 

Flip. Don’t Mollie. Were I to swallow one of those feathers, it 
would tickle me until I would laugh myself to death. 

Mollie. Well, Flippy dear, I must be going. 

Flip. But before you do, come to my hungry arms and kiss my 
thirsty lips. (they embrace 

Entei', Robert Adams, c. E.r—M ohje screams and exits l. e., Flip 
rushes to desk, '^oith head close to book, counting up figures. 

Robert. What are you doing. Flip? 

Flip. Close at work. 


(hoics up, shows inked nose 


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Rob. Very close; evidently writing with the tip of your nose. 

Flip. What! {takes up mirror) Great Jupiter Ammon! piebald! 
absolutely piebald! {wipes face icith blotting paper) .Will that do? 

Rob. Your personal appearance is certainly not too iDrepossessing, 
even now. {sits at desk, k. c. 

Flip. Well, you don’t look particularly bright. 

Rob. No, I don’t feel very lively. 

Flip. Why, what’s the matter, Robert? 

Rob. I am filled with anxiety. 

Flip, {comes doicn) Then confide in me, old boy; perhaps I may 
assist or advise you. . 

. Rob. I fear you can do neither; but your sympathy will be accep¬ 
table, and I believe you are my friend, Fowler. 

Flip. I am sure of it. I may be a wild, harum-scarum sort of 
party, but want of friendship for you isn’t one of my faults. 

Rob. Listen, then; you know Miss Norton? 

Flip. The daughter of Mr. Norton. Of course I do; they have 
engaged Mollie as servant. 

Rob. (l.) Well, perhaps you don’t know that I love her? 

Flip, (k.) Eh! No, hang it! hands off; she’s my property. 

Rob. Whom ? 

Flip. Why, the party in question. 

Rob. Miss Norton? 

Flip. No, IMollie. 

Rob. Oh! blow Mollie. 

Flip. Blow her! Certainly not. I distinctly object to blowing 
ilie future Mrs. Fowler. 

Rob. No, no, you’re evidently mistaken. I refer to Miss Norton. 
I said perhaps you did not know I loved her. 

Flip). No, I did not, but now that I do know that you love her, 
and not my Mollie, I breathe again. 

Rob. But you are not aware I have a dangerous rival. 

Flip. Yes, I am. So have I. 

Rob. Mine is Lawton. 

Flip). Mine is the policeman. 

Rob. Mr. Lawton is my rival, a few days since, he proposed mar¬ 
riage, and was rejected. Finding I was his rival, he has thrown out 
hints against my character. 

Flip. Surely you’re not afraid of him? 

Rob. Of his open enmity, no; of his underhand villainy, yes; I 
know him to be an unscrupulous scoundrel, and I feel sure he would 
hesitate at nothing to ruin me. 

Flip. Nonsense, man—you are blinded by prejudice. I once 
thought the same of the peeler, but Lor! he’s the nicest fellow out, 
and he’s good for half-a-pint whenever he’s off duty, and I likewise 
when he’s on. 

Rob. He has a more powerful motive than you think. Some time 
since I accidentally saw some papers which convinced me that he 
had purposely caused the “Alabama” to be wrecked, in order to de¬ 
fraud the Insurance Compan}’. Suspecting that 1 knew it, he offer¬ 
ed me a partnership, Avhich I refused somewhat pointedly. 

Flip. But why not perform a public duty, and give information 
to the Court? 


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Bob. Because I have no tangible proofs. 

Flip, {aside) By jove, that, packet of papers will explain all cer¬ 
tain conviction for Lawton. Shall I tell hiin'^ 

Enter, May Noiitox, n. e. 

May. Good-morning Mr. Fowler—Robert. 

Rob. May, this is indeed an unexpected visit. 

May. Not an unwelcome one, I hope? 

Flip, Ah! ’tis sweet to love, but sweeter still to be beloved again. 
Two are company—three are none; so Flip won't remain. 

{e.rit, L. E. 

Rob. Now dearest, we are alone. {attempts to embrace 

May. Don’t waste precious time, Robert. 

Rob. Waste, Fin making good use of it, I think. {lisses her 

May. Now for the news; There has been serious disturbances in 
Cuba,-where my father’s property is situated, and the President, 
knowing tiuit he was about to return, lias appointed him Consul 
General. The appointment only arrived last night, and we sail for 
Havana next month. 

Rob. Does it mean, then, that we are to be seperated, perhaps for 
year.s—perhaps not to meet again. May? 

May. Not unless you wish it. 

RoL How ! 

3fay. I have confided all to my father, and told him of our en¬ 
gagement. 

Rob. And he? 

May. Approved of my choice. I wdll not tell you in what high 
terms he spoke of you, but this he said: “You have found a lover 
who is a man after my own heart.’’ 

Rob. This is indeed good news; but still; if you go? 

May. Now don be impatient. Father thinks the duties of the 
Consulate will occupy the whole of his time; he needed therefore, 
some one to manage his estates; he will offer that post to you. 

Rob. May, you overAvhelm me with joy. 

May. He will be here almost instantly to speak on the subject 
u ith Mr. Lawton. 


Enter, Lawton, r. e. 

Laio. {aside) My name. 

May. You will accept the offer and accompany us? 

Rob. Can you doubt; let us thus seal the contract with a kiss. 

{kis.ses her 

Iaud. {aloud) Very poetic no doubt, but not legal. The office 
wax and wafers are very much at your service, Mr. Adams, when 
next you require to seal anything in this office. Good-morning, 
Miss Norton. 

Rob. Mr. Lawton, this is— 

Laic. My office and not a trysting place for lovers. 

Rob. May it never be devoted to a worse purpose. 

Law. I shall not notice your impertinence for the present, Mr. 
Adams. I have a little errand for you. {goes to desk, takes cheYz 
from drawer) Take this to the Marine Bank and get it cashed. Miss 


OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 


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Norton, I liave a note from your father, lie will be here presently; if 
you will do me the honor to remain until his arrival, I will try to 
console you for the absence of— {to Adams, 'icho*lmgers at l. e.) Are 
you not gone? 

Rob. Good-bye, May—Miss Norton for the present. 

May. Good-bye Robert—Mr. Adams. 

flob. (aside) I cannot bear the thought of leaving her with him. 
1 will return as soon as possible. Her father will be here soon. 

(exit, c. E. 

Laio. (offers chair) Miss Norton, I am sure you will forgive me if 
I seize this opportunity to say a few words—which—nhich— 

May. I am listening, Mr. Lawton. 

(seated at desk, l.) ]\liss Norton, the other day I ventured 
to make a proposal— 

May. To which a decisive answer in the negative was given, hop¬ 
ing that the subject would never be renewed. 

IjOIO. 1 cannot, will not take no for an answer. May. 

May. Sir, I must retire. 

Laic. Miss Norton, have you no look of kindness, no word of 
sympathy? 

May. Mr. Lawton, I am already engaged. 

L^aw. To whom ? 

May. That is a question I do not feel justified in answering; and 
yet why should I hesitate to own it to the whole world? 

Law. Answer but this—is it Adams? 

May. Yes, it is Robert Adams. ' . 

Laic. If there is anything can add to the bitterness of my rejec¬ 
tion, it is the knowledge that my successful rival is so utterly un¬ 
worthy of the prize he has won. 

May. 3Ir. Lawton, you have just accused me of want of sympathy 
for you; can you marvel at it when you thus show me how little you 
deserve sympathy by meanly traducing one whose superiority to you 
is his worst fault? 

Laic. Your insult compels me to adopt measures I should other¬ 
wise avoid, and I no longer hesitate to tell you that Mr. Robert 
Adams—the model, virtuous young man—is neither mo?* nor less 
than a common thief! 

May. You lie! Shame upon you, sir, that 3mu should force me 
to use such decisive language. 

Laic. ’Tis true! I repeat, he is a thief—for he has abused my 
confidence, and has been guilty of embezzlement. 

May. Oh! that 1 were a man! I'd whip the falsehood from your 
lying heart. 

Laiw. Do it, I’ll not resist. I should deem it too great a happi¬ 
ness that you should honor me even with a touch of your daint}' 
hands. , 

May. Mr. Lawton, I will tell Mr. Adams what you have said, and 
then tremble for yourself. 

Law. (aside) If she should put him on his guard, all would be 
ruined, (aloud) Go, seek him—tell him, and you will then discover 
who trembles—for that moment shall witness his arrest. 

May. I know not, Mr. Law'ton, what base plot you have con¬ 
trived for his ruin, but re..t assured, he will nobly vindicate his 
lonor. 


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OLD GLORY IN CUBA, 


Laio. We shall see. You are a determined woman, Miss Norton, 
but you are also a proud one, and I doubt if you ■yvill so staunchly 
cling to him when you see him a convicted felon! 

May. He is my affianced iiusband, and were he sunk as low as 
you deserve to be; were he as hopelessly ruined as your villainy 
would have him, I would still cling to him—still as truly love and 
respect him—still vindicate his honor, ‘and assert his innocence. 

{going n. corner 

Enter, Flip, l, e. 

Mr. Fowler, will you have the kindness to see me to a cab? 

Flip, (r.) With ecstacy. It is the greatest honour I ever had in 
my life! 

Liio. (l.) Rather permit me. Miss Norton. 

May. No, sir, I shall feel safer with Mr. Fowler. 

Flip, (aside) Oh' ta, ta, to my rise after that! 

May. T shall at once seek my father, and tell him all. 

Laio. Do so, and I will then give proofs too convincing for even 
your prejudice. Do as the lady desires, Mr. Fowler. 

May. We shall return together, and rest assured jmur calumnies 
will be sifted to the bottom. (exit, MKY and Flip, c. e. 

Imic. Yes, I have gone a little too far, and fired the train before 
I am prepared for the explosion; but there’s always a special provi¬ 
dence for rascals, and if Adams is only as punctual in business as 
usual, he’ll greatly assist his own ruin. Oh! what a misfortune 
honesty is to a man sometimes, {lool's at watch) A quarter past —1 
wish he’d come. At first I tried to gain lier sympathy—her pity- 
pity is akin to love. I’ve heard, more kin than kind, [looks at watch) 
This suspense is torture. Oh! here he is—what a debt of gratitude 
I owe the devil. , (goes to desk 

Enter, Adams, c. e. 

Roh. There, sir, is the result of my errand. (gives roll of notes 

Imw. Thanks, Mr. Adams. (takes notes 

Rob. And now, can 1 liaveten minutes’ conversation with 3 * 011 ? 

Law. Certainly; but I have some particular business for 3*011 to 
attend to; therefore, I shall be glad if you will postpone it till'after¬ 
noon,, if it be connected with affairs of a private nature. 

Rd). Be it so, sliall we sa 3 " 8 o’clock? 

Laio. Very well, (looks at watch) Half-past twelve, (aside) Bravo! 
he has given me ample time to ruin him. (aloud) lu the mean 
time, run down to the docks and book a passage on board the 
“Neptune,” which sails at midnight for Liverpool. 

Rob. For you, sir? 

Laio. For me! certainly not. For a friend of mine whom I am 
hourly expecting—a Mr. Walker, of Boston. 

Rob. Yery Avell, sir. (going 

Laic. One more commission. Call at Foster and Browns and 
settle my private account. In case I should not be here on youi 
return, I will place the money in this dvaw-oA', (put.'i it in. draioer, 
locks it up, gives him key) and 3*011 can take it out and pa 3 * them witii 
it. 



OLD a Lour IN CUBA. 


11 


Bob. But why not take it now? 

Law. Oh, certainly! but, {hesitating a moment) as you are going to 
the docks, it is perhaps safer liere tiian in your pocket; and hurry 
down or you’ll be too late to get a berth. 

Rob. Then at 3 o’clock, INIr. Lawton. 

Iaiw. At 3 o’clock, Mr. Adams. {e.rit, Adams, r. u. e.) Now my 
man, I will teach you Avhen you cross Hiram Lawton’s path, that 
you are making a mistake, :ind before the sun sets to-day, you will 
find yourself behind the bars. 

Enter, Flip, c. e. 


Did you find a cab? 

Flip. I had just hailed one and said, drive to the Marine Bank, 
when who should step np but— 

La^r. Adams? (aside) Tiien all is lost. 

Flijy. No, her papa, tlie^y Avill be here in the twinkling of a lamp- 
post. 

L((ic. (aside) Good! all Avorks into my hands. (aloud) Mr. 
Fowler, go out the private Avay and bring a policeman. 

Flij). A policeman, (aside) A policeman Avon’t have to reach 
very far, Avhen he gets here, (o gel a handful. (e.vit. l. e. 

Law. I’ve woven the w'eb around you Robert Adams; you play a 
desperate game for a wife and fortune, let’s see if you are cunning 
enough to Avin it. It’s man against man, Hiram LaAvton vs^ Robert 
Adams. 

Enter, Mr. Norton, May, Policeman:, Flip and Don Alvo, c. e. 

Good-morning Mr. Norton, Ave have met before Miss Norton. 

Norton. What means this strange imputations against Mr. 
Adams’ character? 

Iaiiv. Less strange than true, (aside to Flip) Mr. Flip, have the 
kindness to look out the AvindoAv and Avarn me Avhen Mr. Adams 
approaches. 

Nor. .^"ou must be aA\uire, Mr. LaAvton, that such accusation as 
you have made, require the fullest proofs. 

Law. Fear not, you shall have it. For some time past I hav«‘ 
been aware of constant robberies of money from my private drawer 
—I at first suspected yonder clerk. (pointing to Flip 

Flip. Oh, murder! suicide! and sudden death! 

I^aw. But careful Avatching proved his innocence. 

Flip). I breathe again. ■ 

Law. And the unquestionable guilt of Robert Adams. 

Flip. No, 1 don’t. 

Nor. You astound me. He is a young man in whom I have al- 
Avays had the fullest confidence—so much so that I w'as about to 
offer him a responsible post in Cuba, coupled with the hand of my 
daughter. 

Jaiw. Then you Avish me to hush the matter up? 

May. (vehemently) No! a thous-ind times, no! Let these base 
calumnies be thoroughly investigated. 

Imiv. Gootl! Now Miss Norton. 1 repeat in the presence of your 
fatiier, that Robert Adams is a thief. 

May. (c.) And I repeat it is false. 


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jSW. (l.) Hush, May! Reason, not passion, best serves a friend 

Ijdw. (k.) Adams-is aware that there is a large sum of money in 
tlie drawer. Now this letter informs me that he has secured a berth 
on board t^ie “Neptun(\” which sails for Liverpool to-night. His 
intention is, to abstract that money and abscond. 

]Lor. A suspicion of intention is no jiryof of guilt. 

Law. Admitted. 

jYov. Rut has he booked the passage in his own name? 

haw. No, under the very convenient one of Walker. 

Flq-). Mr. Adams has just turned the corner of the street, and is 
speaking to a friend, {aside) I’ll try and give him the tip. 

{going to c. e. 

Imw. Mr. Fowler, remain here. 

Flip. AVith the greatest agony. 

fjow. Now we shall see. Let us retire and watch his movements. 
If he takes the money from the drawer his guilt is proved; if he does 
not 1 have misjudged him, and I will make amends. 

May. I will not consent to this arrangement! 

Flip. Nor I. 

May. It is some plot. 

Law. {aside) Should they refuse, I am ruined. 

Nor. Rut you must, May; I insist. If your lover is innocent, why 
fear the resul t ? 

Law. Yes, why? Quick! quick! 

i\I(fy. ' My heart misgives me. Oh, Robert, heaven ])rotect you! 

Law. Quick! quick! {exeunt, ii. e., except Lawton) Now, my 
little liy, you’re in my Aveb. {exit, l. e.' 

Enter, Adams, c. e. 

Roh. Hulloai no one here! AVhere’s Flip I wonder? Perhaps in 
the little snuggery, having a nap. {goes towards 2 )artitio?i) Flip! 
Flip! No, not there. Perhaps in the private office, {goes to 1 j. d., 
tries it) No, it’s locked. This is mysterious business. How strangely 
the clerk looked at me Avhen I booked the passage. 

{goes to draioer; unlocks it 

Enter, Omnes, k. e.. Policeman crosses, stands behind Adams. 

Ah! here's the money! What are these documents? Ry heaven, 
the very things I seek! proofs of Lawton's rascality! Now, shall 1 
execute his commission or study the papers? 

Takes a packet out of the drawer, and places it in his pocket, {the aiidien ■ 
must he ignorant of which packet he takes from drawer, ichether t 
papers or the money) rises, buttons np his coat; as he does so, PoLicir.- 
MAN comes down, c. 

Policeman. Y"ou are my pri.soner. 

Rob. (r.) Your prisoner! on Avhat charge? 

Law. {ju, a little up) Felony! 

Rob. Felony! AATiat does this mean? 

Law. (r. c.) H means, ungrateful young man,, that you are 
caught at last. Now. Miss Norton, Avill 3-011 believe? 

Rob. I see it all. Oh, villain—villain! but one w ord, May. AVith 
all this overwhelming proof—perhaps dishonor—disgrace^do you 


OLD GLORY JN CUBA. 


13 


believe me guilty? 

May. No, Robert, I do not believe you guilty. 

Flip. No more do l! 

May. {crosses to c.) You are incapable of this crime—as guiltless 
as I am. I believe you innocent, i will cling to you as long as I 
have life, be your fate what it may. {falls oil his breast 

Flip, (r.) And damme, so will 1! 

Imw. (l. c.) We will soon put an end to these heroics. That is 
my private drawer, no one has any right to open it except myself. 
Pray how came you in possession of a key? 

Rob. (u. c.) You well know that you gave me it, and told me to 
lake the money from that drawer on my return, and pay your private 
account at Brown & Foster. (turns to May 

Laic. by desk) A pretty story indeed, Mr. Adams. Now,, 
tirslly, there is but one proper key to that drawer; it is here; [shoics 
kty on bunch) the one you Itave is a w rongly obtained duplicate. 
Secondly, 1 have no private account at Brown & Fosters. Thirdly, 
you have booked a passage this morning on hoard the Neptune, un¬ 
der the name of Walker, and, fourthly, where are your w itnesses? 

Rob. You 3 'ourself shall witness for me. What is your accusation ? 

Imw. 1 thought it plain enough; that 3 ’ou intended to abscond 
with the packet of mone^' I saw 3 'ou take from that drawer. 

Rob. You lie! The plot was cleverly laid, but it has failed; the 
packet 1 took from that drawer was not the nione^', but this con- 
\ incing proof of 3 ’our felon}"—sufficient to send you to Sing Sing. 
Documents relating to the Avrecking of the ship Alabama and her 
bogus cargo, also your business with Don AIvo Carranza, smuggling 
arms and ammunition into Cuba. 

POSITION OF CHARACTERS. 

Robert Adams. 

May. Policeman. 

Mr. Norton. Lawton. 

Flip. Don Alvo. 

CURT AIM. 

O'; -A lapse of three years between Acts 1st. and 2nd. 


ACT II. 

SCENE.—Street scene in Havana, set house l., 1 e,, icith steps and large 
American flag on pole, hanging over steps. Villagers discovered at 
rise of curtain, spitting and hooting at American flag. 

Enter, Bridget McDougal, down steps from house, i.., with broom in 
hand, beats mob right and left, all e.vit every directions. - 

^Bridget. Git out of that ye Spanish divils, ye scorpians, ye lizards. 
Begorrah, if 1. was a man, I’d git a shot gun and exterminate the 
bunch of 3 ’e. Be the powers, this is the Iiottest country I iver got 
into in me loife. It’s so hot here that ye can see whole suits of 
clothes walking around with nothing in them. . 



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OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 
Enter, Fijp, it. u. e. 


Flip. Bridget McDoiigal, my long lost one, come to my arms. 

Bridget. Come to your arms, eh? Well, if I do, I’ll break them. 
Say, Flip, have ye heard the news?* 

Flip. No, what is it? 

Bridget. The Spaniards are not going to raise any more green peas. 

Flip. And ^^hy not? 

Bridget. They’re afraid that Sampson and Dewey would shell 
t hem. 

Flip. Say, Bridget, do you know you have enough powder on that 
face to free Cuba. 

Bridget, {going tip stejil) Yes. and it’s the Irish that’s not afraiii 
to burn it. {e.ut, into house, i,. 

Flip. Good girl, Bridget; there’s enough good Irish in New York 
to wipe ail the Spaniards otf the earth. AVell, here 1 am, Flip Fowler, 
Fsq., inventor of the greatest electric battery known to science. I’m 
here to kill two birds with one stone, introduce my machine and 
(ind my long lost Mollie, and in the language of old Sleuth, “Be otf 
my boy and do your duty.’’ {exit, l. u. e! 

Enter, Lawton and Spaniauds, u. u. e. 

Laic. Now m}^ men, I tell ,you these American hogs must be 
moved from our midst. It is only a question of time until they will 
be v\ anting to wave that dirty rag over our heads, {pointing to flag, 
Spaniards hiss) Robert Adams is nothing more or less than an 
American spy. and now take* my advice, at tlie first move, he, or any 
of his friends make, shoot them down like dogs. (Spaniards shout 
aye, aye) So now be off, and be ready and well armed when I call. 
{exit, Spaniards, l. u. e., hissing at flag) Now Robert Adams, we 
will see who will win. I have sworn that Miss Norton shall be mine, 
she shall, let the cost be what it wdll. 

Enter, Braton, r, u. e. 

Brat. Well, Lawton, old boy, still hankering after the gird? Well, 
you can’t get her, and it can’t be helped. 

Lair. Can’t be helped, what do you mean? Do you think Fll 
give her up like this? You little know me. Why did 1 come to 
Cuba? 

Brat. Well, I guess because it was a little too hot for you in 
America. 

Imw. No, it Avas because the man I hate the most, and the woman 
I love the best, are here. It was because here in Cuba, i might 
regain the game I lost in New York. Fll sacrifice my chance to 
possess her. I have made Don Alvo Carran/a believe that my an¬ 
cestors were Spaniards. He trusts me and believes every thingl tell 
him. He himself is in love with IMiss Norton. He does not know 
me by the name of Padro, or does any of Norton’s feunily; tliey little 
suspect that Padro is none other than Hiram Lawton. You are my 
only confident. I Avill make Carran/a believe that Adams is not only 
his rival, but an American spy. He will be shot, then the coast Avill 
be clear for me. 

Brat. How about Carranza? 


OLD GLORY'iy CUBA. 


15- 


Laic. Oil! he’s like all Spaniards, I can wrap him around my 
finger, and shake him off at will. 

Brat. Well? 

Jaiw. And there is a good deal of risk attending an insurrection— 

Brat. AVell—go on. 

Laic. AVell, I have the entire city at my back; one word from me 
and they ivill tear this building to the grouiul. You go and notify 
the boys, that a spy has been caught and is hid away in the Ameri¬ 
can consulate—hurr}’, be off, here comes Carranza. 

Enter, Don Alyo, n. e. — exit, Bratton, l. u. a 

One word with you, Don Alvo. 

Don. Not now, I’m bus}". 

IjaiD. It is a matter of vital importance. 

Don. I tell you not now. 

Iaiw. Not even if it concerns Miss Norton? 

Don. Scoundrel, how dare you use that lady’s name? 

IjOic. Don’t get excited, you might have cause to repent it. 

Don. Dare you threaten me, Senor Padro? 

Laic. 1 never use threats, they are apt to put an enemy on the 
guard. 

Don. AVell, what is it? 

Laic. Ymu love iMiss Norton and hate your rival, Adams, agree to 
my terms and I will give you the means of proving him guilty of a 
crime, the punishment of which is, death. 

Don. Can you do this? 

Law. More, he is an American spy, he is also plotting against 
your life. 

Don. Your terms then? 

Law. Arrest him, have him shot down, as he deserves, then leave 
the rest to me. 

Don. I agree. M}^ prejudice against him then was not mere 
jealousy. 

Law. You are right, with him out of the wa 3 % Miss Norton is 
3 murs. Can I trust jaiu? 

Don. Fullv'. {writesin note hook and tears out leaf) Take my horse, 
ride for 3 ’our life after the troop and give Ibis to the commanding- 
officer. (Lawton crosses to r. u. e. 

Lmw. Fear me not. (aside) Now Adams, look to .yourself— yon 
have broken one Aveb, break this one if 3-011 can. (exit, r. e. 

Don. Ami right in trusting this man. Bah! what is danger, 
when a'prize like Mi.ss Norton is the reward. This fellow’s charges 
against Adams suits my purpose. Where marshal laws reigns, I am 
omnipotent. 

Enter, Moi-lie, from house, l. 

Good-morning, is Mr. Norton at home? 

Mollie. Yes, Mr. Norton’s at home. 

Don. Yery' well, tell him that I will call at 2;30 p. m. (aside) I set 
the hour, so that he will be here to see the blow struck. (e.tit, r. k*. 

Mollie. Oil! how I hate that man, his very presence makes me fe 6 l 
as though I had scales on me. Poor May, this climate doesn’t suit 
her. She has sent me to the Cafe (j>ointin(j to house, r.) to get her 


16 OLD GLORY JN CUBA. 

some cake and wine. Poor girl, I wish she and all of us were back 
in New York. {exit, ii. e. 

Enter, Flip, k., 3 e., with electric battery and group of Srx'siAUDS joined 
hands and shouting as though receiving an electric shock. - 

Flip. You are the brave boys that spit at the llagy you are the 
brave boys that was going to tear it down. Now bow to the flag. 
(Flap tuiuis on battery, they .'<tHl hold ha/uh and bow very low, howling n.v 
though in pain) You are the brave boys that’s going to eha.se we 
American’s off the Island, are you? Well, here’s one that you don’t 
chase. Now then, bow to this American gentleman. 

{same business as above 

Enter, Lawton, k. u. e., draws revolver and points at Flip. 

Lmw, Stop that! Let those men go, or Fll give'you a do.se of lead. 

{releases mem, all e.vit, il u. e. 

Flip. Yhiu call yourself a brave man. 1 have no weapon, furnish 
me one like yours and Fll tight you any old time or place. 

Law. You wouldn’t fight a mosquito. 

Flip. No, but when the time comes, we’ll send for a Hock of 
Jersey mosquitoe’s and they alone will whip Spain without the aid 
of an army or navy. {exit, l. u. e. 

Law. Ah! Uobert Adams, within the hour, you will be a thing of 
the past. With the aid of Lralon and the boy’s, I have secured a 
ship, and immediately after the blow is struck, I will board it w ilh 
my prize, and once Miss Norton is in my power, 1 will make luu- 
kneel to me, for now my love has turned to hate, 1 wdll be revenged. 
Ha, ha, ha! {exit, r., 1 f. 


Enter, Mollie, il e. 

Mollie. Oh! dear, what an awful place this is to live. Evervthinw 
we eat and drink, has to be analyzed. Now this bottle of wine and 
this cake will have to go through a regular searching process before 
May even dare touch it. {holding out cake) I wonder if this cake 
would give me blood poisoning. Fm sorry Ididn’tput on my gloves. 

Enter, Flip, l. u. e. 

Flip. Do my eyes deceive me. Yes, no—it is Mollie. O! come 
to the arms of your Flippie, O! {they embrace) Mollie, O! let’s do that 
.some more, O!— {embrace again 

Mollie. O! Flip, don’t be so glad to see me. You hug like a 
grizzly bear. 

Flip. Well, I was raised at Hugger’s Port, New Jersey, but tell 
little one, what have you there? {pointing to bottle 

Mollie. Oh! this is some wine and cake for May. (Flip takes bottle 
and cake, eats cake and drinks wine) And do you know that she is iust 
as sick as she can be, bless her dear heart. She’s too much of an 
American to complain to her father. 

Flip._ {with mouthful of cake) Yes, I always said she was a dear 
good girl. 

Mollie. O! Flippy, Flippy, Flippy! I am too full for utterance. 

{lays head on his shoulder 

Flip. Wait, I will be with you in a minute. 


OLD ^^LOUr fN aUBA. 


17 


{drinking from hotile over Motj-ie’s head 
Mollie. And do you know, Flip, that we are all afraid of being- 
poisoned, and everything we eat and drink, has to be analyzed. 
(Flip looks at cake and bottle, business of being afraid he is poisonesl) 
Why Flippy, my dear, what’s the matter? 

Flip. Fin dead, don’t speak to me, Fm a living corpse.. Go for 
the stomach pump and get a doctor. 

Mollie. Oh! Flippy dear, you’re not going to die. 

Flip. Ain’t 1? Then look into Flippie’s eyes and say goo-goo— . 

{they embrace, looking into each other's eyes 


Enter, Bridget, house, l. 


Bridget. Here, here! break away there! A^ou ought to be ashamed 
hugging and squeezing on tlie public highway. 

Mollie. We weren’t hugging. Mr. Flip was just looking in my 
eye for a piece of—■ 

Bridget. Green cheese. Don’t be telling me any fairy tales. 

Flip. See here, Bridget, I want you to attend to your own busi¬ 
ness. 

Bridget. Come now, keep your temper down. 

Flip. I can’t, it’s like the National debt, the more I try to keep 
it dpwn the more it gets up. 

Bridget. Well then, put a weight on it. Do you know that I’m 
sure I saw Hiram Lawton to-daj'. 

Flip. Oh! nonsense, you saw nothing of the kind. 

Mollie. I wonder what end he’ll come to? 

Flip. Why the end of a rope. He bolted the very da}" those 
papers were discovered and has never been heard of since. 

Mollie. A^es, and with him that precious James Braton, the ex- 
Captain of the wrecked ship. Aly finding those papers was lucky. 

Flip. Aly placing them in the drawer was luckier. 

Mollie. It ruined Hiram Lawton— 

Flip. And saved Robert Adams. 

Bridget. And made me chief cook of the culinary department. 

Mollie. It brought us all over here to this country where we have 
a— 

Flip. Climate where you can have a turkish bath, free gratis for 
nothing. 

Mollie. There is no place like dear old America. 

Bridget. Except Ireland, and do you know I’ll niver forgit’.my 
trip coming over from the old country. 

Flip. AVere you seasi c k ? 

Bridget. No, indade! {indignantly) I niver was seasick in all me 
loife. But me digestion was bad, so I thought I’d go downstairs an’ 
lie down a bit. But the moment I started down, {speaks rapidly) me 
breakfast started up, an’ I fell agin a baldheaded man an’ lost me 
footin’, itn’ away we wint kerplunkity bang to the bottom av the 
stairs. 


Flip, {laughing) And then what? 

Bridget. AVell, they got me on a sofy, wid me a yellin’ fer a doctor. 
An’ whin he kim he looked at me tongue an’ axed me was I sick! 
AV as I sick! An’ me almost dead! Thin he said he’d give me a sed- 
lets powder, an’ I said, “Let’s have wan.’’ So he sez, “Put wan-in 


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OLD GLOlU IJS CUBj .. 


wan glass an’ wan in t’other, an’ drink ’em whin they foam.” So 
I put ’em in tlie glasses, but they didn’t foam at all. Thin 1 drank 
down wan glass, an’ it Avint all right. But the minute I swallowed 
the other glass, {rapidly) mother o’ Moses! 1 began to froth an’ bile 
like a mad dog wid a mouthfull o’ soapsuds, an’ me on the flat o’ me 
back yellin’, “Let me olf. I’m dyin’l”. 

MoUie. Well, I must be going, or May will think that I am lost. 
Good-bye, dear. {exit, i,. e. 

Flip. Good-bye, darling. {exit, l. u. e. 

Bridget. Good-bye, dear, good-bye darlin’. What Avould pigey do 
if dovie would die. Arrah! they make me sick. {e.vit, into house l. 

Enter, Robert and May, l., 1 e. 

May. I shall begin to think you are tired of me if you are so dull, 
Robert. 

Hob. May, dearest, the truest earthly happiness is not unmixed 
with melancholy, and the depth of mine renders me anxious to 
preserve it. 

May. You cannot deceive me. I am sure you aiiticipate some 
danger. Be frank, Robert, do you fear Don Alvo Carranza? 

Hob. Doubt and anxiety. May, are not fears. 

May. It is your duty to confide in me. 

Rob. Is it our duty to make those we love unhappy? 

May. It is your duty to seek their advice antf sympathy. It is 
true 1 am only a Avoman, yet— 

Rob. A Avoman! You are an angel, and my only fear is that 
Avings Avill develop themselves, and you Avillfly away to your siAhere 
beyond the clouds. 

{shouts, rumbling and noise to extreme right of stage 
Enter, Lawton, Carr.anza, Spanish soldiers Spanish peasants, 

R. E. 

Note. —This scene outside and entrance must be worked up very 
strong. 

Enter, Norton, Flip, Mollie and Bridget, house, r. e, 

May. But see, Robert, here comes Mr. LaAvton, Carranza and 
soldiers. Oh! Robert, Avhat does this mean? 

Eon. Let me ansAver that question. Robert Adams, you are a 
spy, you are sent here by the order of the American Government. 
You are in league Avith the insurgents and as govenor of this Island, 
I arrest you as a spy, the penalty of Avhich is death. 

Nor. Why, sir! this is simply absurd. 

Bon. Absurd or not, I must act upon them, though rest assured, 
they Avill be fully investigated. 

Law. Arrest that man. 

Rob. Arrest me! Are you mad, Don Alvo Carranza? 

Bon. I am sufficiently sane to be responsible for arresting a 
traitor and spy, t\, would be robber and murderer. 

Rob. Sir! you may starve poor Cuban mother’s and their babies, 
you may bloAv up our ships, and kill our brave sailors, but you shall 
learn that an American citizen can not be insulted Avith impunity. 


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Nor. I protest against tliis proceeding. 

3Iay. Mr. Carranza, 1 thought you a man of honor. 

LjCiid. The danger is too pressing to admit of parley or compro¬ 
mise. Now boys, down with tliat flag. {all shout 

Rob. Stop I Don Alv^o Carranza, do you call yourself a man. 

Don. 1 call myself the Governor of this Island, and you a traitor 
and spy. 

Rob. And I sir, saj' you lie! 

May. Robert, 1 am by your side to the end. 

LjUid. Come boj^s, tear down that hag. 

Rob. Stand back! He who touches that hag, must do so over my 
dead body. {going wp to flag 

Ljaw. Is it death to all traitors? 

Don. It is, exterminate them, every one. 

I^aic. And thus do 1 rid you of the chief of traitors, Robert 
Adams. 

Lawton draws revohci\ aims at Robert’s head, May stnkes his arm, 

revolver goes off in air. 

May. No you don’t. 

Norton, Flip, Moltje, Bridget Robert all have revolvers pointed 
at Spaniards. During the above action, the Spanish characters entei', 
muttering and growling, kept up all through scene. 

POSITION OP CHARACTERS. 

Lawton. May. Robert. 

Don Alyo. Norton, 

Flip, 

Soldiers. Mollij;, 

Spaniards and Peasants, lined up l. Biiii>get, r. 

CURTAIN, 


ACT III. 

SCENE. — Prison—cdl l., window up l. c., door r. c. 

Late. Now my pretty bird, we have you caged for keeps. Car¬ 
ranza will be here within the hour. And what an old fool he is to. 
I wonder if he really thinks he is going to get Miss Norton. What a 
scoundrel he is Spain sends him here as Governor general, and he 
to-day has brought more guns and ammunition to this Island than 
any other one'man on it; knowing that if war breaks out, he will 
feather his nest with a few cold million. 

Enter, Carranza, c. e. 

Don. Good-morning, Padro. 

Laic. Good-morning, sir! Have all the arrangements been com¬ 
pleted for the execution of the American gentleman? 

Don. American gentleman, bah—an American hog. Norton has 
requested me to allow his daughter to speak to Adams. She will be 



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here soon, and we must not be seen togetlier, so be ofT for the present. 
Do not return until tlie horn* arrives that lias been set for tlie execu- 
iion. (exit, Lawton, c. e.) Once she is in iny power and 1 have 
disposed of the last cargo of war implements, 1 will send in my resig¬ 
nation and set sail for Spain, 

Enter, Buidget, c. e. 

Bridget. Br-r-r-r scat there scat. There goes Padro, the snake, 
[turns a)id sees Don) and there’s the Boa constricter, the daddy of 
them all. What a pity St. Patrick hadn’t visited this place, sure 
he’d a had his hands full riddin’ this Island of the Spanish reptiles 
and varments. 

Don. [aside) That confounded Irish woman, [aloud) Lh-s. ]\Ic- 
Dougal, what are you doing here? 

Bridget. Sure I came here with the h^pes that I might have a few 
words with Mr. Adams, 

Don. AVell, are you not afraid to come here alone? 

Bridget. No sir! I am an Irish American lady, I don’t fear man, 
Spain or the devil. Fear goes out the back door when I come in the 
front. 

Don. [going) Ha, ha, ha! Enjoy yourself; you are welcome to 
speak to Mr. Adams. It will do no good, no power on earth can 
save him now. [exit, c. e. 

"Bridget. Begorrah! if I had a bunch of Irish lads from the old sod, 
with their shillalahs, they’d mow you down like grass, and free poor 
Robert. My! what an awful place this is, the sight of it is enough 
to make one shiver and shake to pieces. 

Enter, Jailee, cell. 

Are you the landlord of this hotel? 

Jailer. What do you want? 

Bridget. I have a permit here to see Mr. Adams. 

Jailer. Well, I’ll bring him out. [exit, iiUo ccU 

Enter, Adams, from cdl. 

Rob. Why, Mrs. McDougal, this is indeed a surprise. 

Bridget. Whisper, Robert, I have come to get yon out of this, 

Rob. How ? 

Bridget. I will bring you a cloak and hat. Mr. Norton and May 
will be here soon, also other friends, and while they are busy talk¬ 
ing, you slip on the cloak and hat and walk out. We’ll stay back 
and continue the talk until you are safe out in the bay. You will 
find a boat witli oars and provisions enough to do you for a week, 
pull for the ox)en sea, and some friendly shij) will pick you uj:). 

Rob. And perhapsland me back here again. I thank you Bridget 
and may God bless you. Something tells me that I will yet be free. 

Enter, Jailer, from cell. 


Jailer. Times up. 

Bndget. Ye copper colored devil, I wish your time was up. Good¬ 
bye, Robert, and may heaven give you strength to face i± like a 
man. Ah! I wish 1 was a man, Pd make ye Spanish snakes remem- 


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i 

bor me to yer drying day. {exit. c. k. icith Jailok. 

Hob. Again 1 am alone, Jigain des.pair hangs like a dull a.nd leaden 
weight upon my heart. 1 could face a thousand deaths and face 
them boldly like a man, but to be shot down like a clog, noiirly drives 
me mad. 


Entry, Jaileii and Flip, c. e. 

Jailer. A gentleman to see you sir! {exit, c. e. 

Hob. Ah! Fowler, let me grasp your hone.st hand, {they shake 
hands) Gently, Fowler, gently. AVlui-t a fearful grip you have. 

Flip. If it were b>it aroniul the throat of Don Alvo Carranza, Fd 
squeeze the Spanish juice out of him. 

Rob. You are a good fellow. Flip, but tell me have they received 
any word from America yet? 

Flip. No, and if it doesn’t come soon, all will be lost. % 

Rob. And what of IMa}'? 

Flip). AVherever there is the faintest hope of a friend or assistance, 
there is May, brave as a heroine, eloquent as an angel, and true, 
faithful, and loving as a woman. 

Rob. Heaven bless her and give her strength to bear this blow. 

Flip, Robert, my more than brother, wlien I think of the old 
times in America, now to think of your going to be shot. Oh! 
Robert, I’m choking. {weeps 

Rob. There Flip, you will find I have not forgotten you, the little 
wealth I possess— ' 

Fi/p. Don’t mention it, for the sake of old times, don’t insult me. 

R</o. fi’here is one way to escape. AVhat time is it? 

Flip. Fifteen minutes of nine 

Rob. At 9 o’clock station y^ourself outside that window; you ciin 
hide in the thicket close by. At the fifth stroke of the clock, 1 will 
come to the window, raise the lantern so, and you must fire—fire 
here at my forehead. 

Flip. Do you think I’m a darned fool? 

Rob. No, go and do as 1 say. 

(exit, Flip, l. e., meets Jailer, bump into each other 

Flip. There, that will cause me a trip to the drug store, after 
brushing up against that. I will have to be thoroughly fumigated. 

{e.mt, I,. E. 

Rob. {asid.e) At least I shall rob Carranza and Lawton of the 
sat i.sfaction of seeing me shot down like a dog. {aloud) Well, what 
is it my man? 

Jailen'. A lady to see you, sir! 

Rob. Admit her. (Jailer motions her to come in 

Enter, May, l. e.—Jailer exits sanu. 

4 

May. I am with you at last, not to add to the bitterness of your 
* position by unavailing tears, nor to torture you with a useless show 
of grief, but to bring you strength and hope, to say, be strong and of 
good heart. 

Rob. Like balm of Gilead to the wounded soul is woman’s love, 
in the sunlight, bright and sparkling, in the storm, grand and God¬ 
like. 

May. And yet how fatal has my love been to you. 


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Rob. A thousand deatlis would cheaply purchase such a love as 
yours. Heaven knows it is not deatli I fear, but it is leaving ypu, 
whose love has changed a bare existence, to a sunlit life. 

May. And it shall yet be ours, while our hearts, chastened by this 
ordeal, shall IfHiru a better and a purer love. Why should we not 
hope for the best? 

Rob. While instinct tells us to hope for the best, reason teaches 
us to prepare for the worst. 

May. The worst! Oh, Robert, the very words cast a blight upon 
my heart. If you die I will not, cannot survive you. 

Rob. Nay, May, you must live—live for your fellow creatures; 
each act of charity will be a tribute to my metnoiy, and in the chain 
that binds us soul to soul, a link of love. 

May. Oh, Robert, do not talk so; do not look like that. There is 
a strange expression in your eyes, which seem—oh, heaven! a fore¬ 
shadowing of death. {falls on his shoulder, loeeping 

Rob. Nay, na 3 % May, be composed—the sight of your tears is 
worse than death itself, for they unman me. 

May. I’m better now—the weakness is past and I am ready to 
weigh with calm, collected mind the danger of our position. 

Rob. You shall know all. I am condemned to be hanged—well, 
I shall forestall them. 

May. Ah, how? by escape? 

Rob. No, by a more welcome death ere the time appointed for 
my execution. I shall have anticipated it, for at 9 o’clock I shall 
approach that window, raise that lantern and as the last stroke 
quivers in the air a friendly bullet from outside will— 

May. No, no! Great heaven, no! 

Rob. Yes, yes. May! 

t _ 

Enter, Lawton, c. e. 

Laid. A word with you Adams, in private. 

Rob. Leave me, oi I shall disgrace myself by striking you! 

LaiD. I do not fear you, my wmg-clipped eagle, your beak is 
broken and your claws cut. 

May. {crossing, c.) It is like you, Toral Padro, to come and gloat 
over the misery you have made. 1 can forgive tlie man who boldly 
fights another, but he wlio crawls in the night and strikes his rival 
in the dark, is a wretch beyond abuse. 

Laic. Miss Norton, I come to not gloat over my victim, as you 
term it, but to bring good tidings. 

May. Can any good come from Toral Padro? 

Laio. You shall judge. Don Andre has promised,, at my solicita¬ 
tion, to sign a free pardon. 

m!: i Apai-don? 

Laio. Yes, conditionally. 

Rob. Perhaps the condition is more disgraceful flian the death. 

Law. The condition is this; that you shall sign this document, 
a confession of your guilt— {aside) drawn up by me—with a list of 
crimes sufficient to gratify the vanity of a professional devil. 

Rob. I pi ty you, Toral Padro. 

Laic. Very well; then like a worthless bird your neck will be 
wrung at 9 o’clock. 


OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 


28 


Rob. You lie—I shall escape you. 

Law. What’ 

Rob. Farewell, darling. (May clinrjs to him 

May. No: no! 

Rob. Yes, yes; I will be free. 

T.aio. Free: By heavens, what means this? 

May. You shall not—you shall not—the reprieve will come, be¬ 
lieve me. 

Rob. No, no, release me—freedom is here! 

Laic. Wliat does this mean? 1 will call for help. 

About to go, May' slips up behind Lawton, steals revolver from side coat 

^locket. 

^[ay. (c.) Back! it means this: that Robert Adams shall not 

hang—it means I am a desperate woman, and I will kill you like a 
d()o- ere you shall prevent his escape by that window. 

Rob. May! 

fMW. That window: 

May. (aside) Heaven-sent thought to save him. (aloud) Yes, 
yes, the bars are filed. 

Imxc. Say you so ? 

IjAwton seizes lantern and runs to icindoic—a shot is heard and Padro 
falls with a scream—at the report of shot 

Entei’, Don Aly'O and Norton, c. e. with Spanish soldiers and Jailer 

—soldiers stand in line, r. 

May. Don Alvo, this man has received a dangerous wound from 
a shot fired from the outside. 

Don. (examining Layvton) You are mistaken, he is merely 
stunned; see the bullet has struck this book, which saved his life. 
(taking small book from Lawton’s pocket — Lawton rises—bugle call out¬ 
side) The hour has arrived. 

Miy. Oh, Robert, you are indeed lost! , (falls on her knees to Don) 
Dan Alvo Carran/.a, to you 1 appeal—be merciful, be just—Oh, pause 
before you have the crime of murder on.your soul! 

Don. He dies, unless you wull consent to renounce him and be¬ 
come my wife. 

May. Impossible! he will never accept his life on such terms. 

Don. Then is it not better that he should die than live, and when 
you are his wife expose the baseness of his nature, and prove his 
supposed heart of honor a hell ofiiypocrisy ? , 

May. And is it not better that you should practise one act of 
honest self-denial, gain my gratilude and his friendship, than force 
me to an act of baseness, to become your wife, to remind you daily, 
hourly of your crime, to find in my broken heart no response to your 
iQve—nothing but the sacred memory of the man you had so fear¬ 
fully wronged. Would not your love turn to hate, and 3^011 in 3'our 
humiliation curse the chain th<!.t bound us? 

Don. (aside) Bj' heaven, she speaks Irulv'. 

Laic, (crossing to Don) Be firm, your excellency; be firm and you 
will win. 

May. It matters not to me if his doom be just or unjust—I only 
know that the man I love is in deadly danger, and on my knees I 


OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 


24 

beg- his life. 

Don. Shall I yield? 

Laic. Yes, for them both to laugh at you. 

Don. He dies. (May rises, exits c. e. 

Nor. Again, Don Alvo Carranza, as the authorized representative 
of the American Government, I utter my official protest against this 
most despotic and scandalous proceeding. 

Don. And again I tell you your protest is useless; this Island is 
under martial law and it is absolutely necessary to make a severe 
example. 

Nor. But why make it with an innocent man? The informer on 
whose sole evidence he was convicted is prepared to confess his per- 
.Bii-y.- 

Don. I have been told that ];)eculiar means of intimidation have 
been used by Dr. Raphael, but rest assured I am not the man to be 
imposed upon or trifled with. 

Nor. For the last time I appeal to you at least for a postpone¬ 
ment. A^our prejudice cannot be so blind, that you will thus cast a 
stigma upon your hitherto unblemished honor. 

Don. My unblemished honor, as you are pleased to call it, will be 
perfectly s<afe in my own keeping. As to Adams, he must be execu¬ 
ted. 

Nor. Robert Adams is an American and the free born subject of 
a country wdiose proudest boast is that the poorest and humblest 
have, at least, liberty and protection ’neath its flag—a country of 
which every true-born American heart is justly proud; and 1 w:u- 1 
you that if you persist in murdering one of her peaceful and un .i- 
fending subjects, she will exact for hor outraged honor a bitter, a 
terrible retribution. 

Don. Have you finished. 

Nor. I have. 

Don. Robert Adams must die. Now my men take aim and when 
I say three, fire. Prisoner, have you anything to say? 

Roh. A"ou are committing a foul and dastardly murder, and 1 
leave you to justify yourself to man and answer to heaven. 

Don. Anything else? 

Roh. No, except that I pity, nay, forgive you. 

Law. Here let me blind-fold you. 

{goes to Robert icith handkerchief 

Roh. No, I will die facing my foes as a true American should. 

Don. Soldiers attention, present arms, at the word three, fire-— 
one—two— 

Nor. Hold I say. 

Don. It is useless, I am resolved, one—two— 

Entef)', Mollie, Flip and Bridget, c. e , take position l. 

N01'. {steps lip in front of Then fire upon me, the repre¬ 
sentative of the United States. 

Don. Back, or remain at your peril—one—two— 

Enter, May, c. e., with large flag, icrapping it around Adams 

May. Then fire upon this if you dare! 

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OLD GLOilY IN Of BA. 25 

SCENE .— Wood, ruined ^^onuf<ferl/, li.— a.^ curtain rises, Norton is 

looki/ig olf ' 1 j. u. k. icith. field ylass. 

Enter, Robert, l. Monastery. 

Nor. What a terrible experience we are having, Robert. I fear 
tliis will be too much for my poor daughter, and if that demon in 
human form finds us, we are lost. He is a desperate man and would 
stop at nothing. Now that the Spanish government has found him 
out; think Robert, of the rascal he was, liolding a govei’iiment posi¬ 
tion and smuggling arms and ammunition to the insurgents through 
a secret agency, feathering his nest with millions. 

Hob. Do not despair, we will escape them yet, in spite of Padro’s 
well laid plans, who was none other than my rival and most bitter 
enemy. AVar has been declared against Spain. The American fleet 
is in this vicinity; I have send word to Admiral Sampson for aid; 
it is sixty miles from here to Havana. 1 am sure, unless my me.s- 
senger 1% captured, he will be able to return here with aid before 
Carranza and his blood thirsty villains can reach us. 

Noi'. We can at least keep in hiding here for some time. Valdaro, 
the prime leader of the insurgents in this vicinity, says', that he 
alone is the only one who knows the secrets of this Monastery. Come 
Robert, it is time for a bit of breakfast. {exeunt, into ^[onastery, l. 

Enter, Flip, r. u. e., revolrer in hand, business of sneaking about as 
though very much frightened, revolver accidentally goes off. 

Entefr. Robert, from Monastery, pointing revolver at Flip. 

Rob. Hands up or Fll shoot. 

(Flip rushes to Robert and falls on knees 

Flip. Please, Mr. Spaniard, don’t kill me, spare me, spare me, 1 
have a child and fourteen little wives. 

Rob. Come Flip, no one will harm you. 

Flip. Oh! is it you, Robert. I thought it was a gang of those 
Spanish greasers. 

Rob. You must be very careful, for this part of the country is 
fairly swarming with Carranza’s followers, and were they to find us, 
it would mean death. fxit, into Monastery 

Flip. Why did I ever leave home for this country. A country 
of tyranny and yellow fever. 

Enter, from Monastes'y. 

If I were only back in New York, I would be satisfied with a sailor’s 
lodging house and free lunches. 

Mollie. Flippy o! 

Flip. Mollie o! {they embraoe 

Mollie.' Flip, what part of the aountry are we in now? 

Flip. If you mean in a hemispherical sense, we are in a Western 
one, if in a Geographical sense, we are in Cuba, if in a local one we 
are hi he_ (Mollie points finger at him 

Mollie. A—h! 

Flip. Chicago. 

Mollie. What is this old building? 

Flip. Why, it is an old Monastery, built hundred^ of years ago by 


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OLD GLORY JL CUBA. 


the Monks, There are secret underground passageways that are 
known to no one except Valdaro, the old Cuban guide who brought 
us here. 

Mollie. And what was that liorrible place we passed coming out 
of Havana, that cold stoii}' alTair, with big black holes in it? 

Flip. That is a fort mounted with cannons, principally used to 
fire three shots daily, when the Governor goes to his peaceful bed, 
and announces it is time for all good people to do likewise. 

Mollie. And is that all a cannon is used for? 

Flip. *Oh! dear no. There are three more shots fired in the morn¬ 
ing to wake him up. 

Mollie. They had better be saving their powder, for when our 
Navy gets to work, she’ll fire enough shots to wake the universe up. 

Flip. The Governor of this Island must be a sound sleeper, or else 
he drinks Jersey lightning. 

Mollie. Why, Flip? 

Flip. Because it takes three cannon shots to wake him up in the 
morning. • 

Mollie. Say Flip, Avasn’t it awful, Carranza trying to get Mr. 
Adams out of the Avay? 

Fli2^. Well! that’s the worst of a fellow having a prett}' girl for a 
sweetheart—everybody has his knife into him, and tries to rob him 
of her. Now, on the contrary, look at the -advantage of having a 
plain girl—you see nobody tries to get you from me, Mollie. 

Mollie. I like your impudence— 

Flip. Well now, to speak the truth, I don’t think you do. Say, 
.Mollie, when we get to America, let us get married and make a for¬ 
tune at the same time, and settle in New York to spend it. 

Mollie. Not exactly, Mr, Fowler, {going up stage 

Flip. Why not, Robert and May are to be spliced next month, 
why shouldn’t Ave folloAv their example? 

Mollie. Because, I don’t love you— there! 

Flip. I don’t Avant you to love me there, come over here and love 
me. 

Mollie. I can’t love you anyAvhere. {goes up and looks off n. 

Flip. And this the end of my constant Avooing! Is it because I 
am not comely to gaze upon? Man is but a .spirit tenanting a house 
of clay; Ave pay rent and taxes in the shape of labor and trouble, and 
the landlord turns us out at a moment’s notice. Some live in palaces, 
some live in Avorkhouses, some live in a desirable residence, some in 
a dilapidated one, some are all right about the roof, some have a tile 
off— (Mollie comes down 

Mollie. You evidently belong to that class, and have lost the entire 
roof—for if you’re a house, 1 can’t compliment either the architect 
or the builder. 

Flip. You are mistreating me, but I’ll no longer endure your 
cruelty. See, {points, l.) yonder stands an aAvful froAvning precipice 
at least five feet high. I Avill at once throAv myself from its giddy 
height and end this tortured existence, and Avhen my clothes con¬ 
taining my luckless body is sent home, nearly mangled, and laid at 
your high-heeled and hard-hearted feet, you may drop a tear, if not 
tAA^o, on my Avell-knoAvn suit of togs. FareAvell, fareAvell. 

{rushes off-L., ^-E.. 

Mollie. Mr. FoAvler! Flip! Flippie! come back—come back. I 


OLD GJ.OHY IN CUlL\. 


27 


never knew how much I loved you till now—see—see—he has reached 
the precipice, he takes off his coat and waistcoat an'd carefully folds 
them up. Goodness gracious! he is going \o remove his—no—he 
kisses a lock of my hair. Oh, stop, stop! I come —I come! 

{rushes of' i,. u. e. 

Enter, Norton and Robert, l. e. 

Roh. What a conscience this man Lawton must have. Just 
think, for three years and a half, he has sought my life. 

Nor. When he was a thriving merchant in New York, he sought 
my daughter’s hand and was rejected; from that time he has striven, 
by every means in his power, to ruin you. 

Rob. And Uon Alvo Carranza has been his partner in crime for 
years, they are a well mated pair, but I feel safe here. This old 
Monastery was build by the Monks, and in the next room to where 
we are, there is a secret panel and a staircase leading out. The 
ladies and ourselves can remain here in safety. 

Ent€fi\ 'yLs.Y, from Monastery. 

May. O! what a fearful place this is. 

Rob. May, believe me, it will be better for you to remain con¬ 
cealed in the vaults below. 

May. No, no! I cannot, I’ve heard legends and stories c«viinected 
with these vaults, the remembrance of which terrifies me. 

Nor. Take Robert’s advice, daughter, and let him lead you back 
again; trust him, 3^011 will be safe there. 

May. Ver3^ well, I will do as you say, 1 will no-t stir from there 
again. Give me your revolver and trust me, should any danger 
threaten, I will not be afraid to use it. 

Enter, Flip and Mollie, l. u. e., arm in arm, stand/ in back ground 

in mnte conversation. 

Rob. {giving revolver) Take it then my brave girl. 

Nor. Come May, return to the vaults, delay is dangerous. Robert 
and I are going to the beach to see if we can sight an American 
vessel. 

May. Father—Robert, heaven protect you both and bring yon 
back in safety. 

Rob. And thus I fortify myself for the danger. 

' {kisses May — exit. Robert and Norton, l. u. e. 

Flip. And thus do I fifty-five myself against danger. 

{kisses Moiu.ie 

Nor. {calling outside) Come, Mr. Fowler. 

Flip. Oh, blow it! can’t you let a fellow have a kiss in peace? 
Good-bye, Mollie, good-bye. {exit, l. u. e. , 

Mollie. He may be killed without ever knowing how much I loved 
him. I say. Miss? 

May. Well, Mollie? 

Mollie. Isn’t it awfully quiet and still here? 

May. Very. 

Mollie. What thick walls these must have been. These weren’t 
built by a building society under a contract. I say, IMiss. 




OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 


May. AYell, ^lollie? 

MoUie. Don’t you think I’d better go to the top.of that liill and 
see if there’s anyone comiiig? 

May. No, Mollie, no; you must remain here. 

ModLe."\ ^Vell, but Miss, I should be able to run back aiid tell you 
if there was anybod.y coming. 

May. You had better remain here, Mollie. 

Mollie. Oh, but this is .so gloomy. 

May. 'Well, do as you please. 

Mollie. Oh, I do wish I was back with my grandmother i:i her 
little back i)arlor, cleaning the steps every morning before breakfast. 

{exit, into Monastery 


Lawton, R.-u. E. 

Mfty. Oh, what a change all this is to me. How different from 
(he old happy life in our own country. Shall we ever return? 

Law. It’s a great pity you ever left there. Miss Norton. 

May. Hiram Law'ton! 

Law. {seizing her) At last you are helple.ss and in my power. 

Enter, JIollie, //■()?« Monastery. 

Mollie. Oh, the villain is murdering her! I’ll go and get assist- 
;!.nce. Help! murder! (oivY, r.. u. k. 

May. Oh, villain, you are breaking my arm! 

Law. 'Would it were your heart! Now, swear to follow me quietly, 
and I will spare you. 

Maij. Rather death! Oh, help! help! 

JjOW. The miners are hunting me to death, and I can expect no 
mercy from your friends. AVill you accompany me? 

May. Better a thousand deaths tha.n such a fate. 

Ijiw. IMay, listen to me. 1 Icnowthe mutinous devils yonder wi 11 
gain the mastery. Your father and your lover will be slain. What 
then will be your fate? Ah! you tremble at the thought. Then fly 
w ith me who loves you better than my soul. You must, you shall. 
Refuse at your peril. 

May. {aside) Oh. heaven, wdiat shall I do? 

Law. {raising knife) For the last time! 

May. ■ Yes, 1 consent. 

Law. Ah, mine! mine! 

May. But can you take me from here?. Shall we not be pursued? 
The miners, should w'e fall into their hands? 

Law. Oh, fear not. May. I sw^ear by all that’s sacred, nothing 
shall part us. Come, then, come? 

May. See that there is no one approaching. 

Law. {looking off n.) No one! No one! Come, May, come. 

May {presenting pidol) Come and take me if you dare! {picture 
—Lawton draws knife) Put it down, or I will blow your brains out. 

Law. {drops knife) Mere}', May, mercy! 

May. "What mercy have you rendered me and mine? None! 
What mercy shall I render you? None, none! 

Ijaw. Oh, spare my life! 

May. Coward! hypocrite! In America, you wmuld have doomed 
the man I love to a fate far worse than death. Was it not through 


OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 


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your perjury tliat he was led out for execution, that the muskets 
were thrice levelled at his breast, and he would have been shot down 
but for the flag- of the United States. 

Law. Your words are true, but all the evil I have wrought against 
Adams, springs from my love for you. Could [have won your heart, 
oh, how different my fate might have been! and now what am 1? 
A hunted fugitive, scorned by the woman for whose sake I became 
a villain, and whom to my latest hour 1 shall madly love. Oh, May, 
pity me, pity me! ^ 

(May turns away affected, Lawton seizes her—struggle 

Enter, Adams, l. u. e. — dashes on, throws Lawton l. 

Roh. Miserable viper! Lie there and grovel at the feet of the 
woman whose heart you would have broken. Shall I drag you be¬ 
fore the man Avhom you have so vilely duped, {didant shouts off'\\.) 
or shall I cast you forth to your betvayetl companions, the brutal 
savages who are howling like hungry tigers for your blood? 

Laic. Oh! no! no! no! 1 am not tit to die. 

Rob. Fit to die!—no, nor fit to live; for where in this wide world 
is there one to pity or help you? Lrulal and remorseless in your 
day of power, abject and pitiful in your hour of terror! {shouts out¬ 
side, K.) Ah! you hear them, you hear them? 

Jjtw. Oh! don’t leave me to their fury; they will tear me to pieces. 

Rob. Despicable wretch! did I thus cower when my life was 
tlireatened? Did I kneel and beg for i)ity? Aye, the pity ^\hich 
you fiend-like would have denied me. Ah! you are silent. Now tell 
me, what would you do if our positions were reversed—if you stood 
over me with the power of life and death? 

Ijiw. On my soul, I’d spare you. 

Rob. Liar! j’ou would kill me, as I—- 

Laic, {couching down stage) Ah— 

Rob. As 1 —forgive you. Yonder lies your way. {pointing n., 1 
h:.) Take it. {IjAyfio^ gets round in front to ii.) Right or wrong, 

I have spared you, may we never meet again. 

{exit, Lawton, ii., 2 e. 

May. How glad I am that you arrived. {shouts k. and l. 

Rob. {looJcing off’ SL.) Why, what is this? 

Enter, Flip, li. u. e., excited. 

Flip. Mr. Adams, Robert, May, everybody, a boat is pulling for 
the shore, loaded with American sailors. 

{shouts R. and l., kept up during this scene 

Enter, Norton and Mollie, r. u. e. 

Nor. Thank God! we are saved! 

Rob. None too soon, for here comes the Spaniards. Come, 
ladies, into the Monastery, and now boys, tight for your lives. 

{exit. Ladies, l. e. 

Nor. {looking off'n.) See, they are led by Don iVlvo Carranza and 
tliat scoundrel Lawton. 


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OLD GLORY IN CUBA. 


Flip, {pulling Uco horse-pistols) Let ’em come, I’ll fix ’em. 

{shouts K. a7id l. 

Enter, American Seamen l. e. and Spaniards, r. e. —a hand to hand 
conflict, imtil all Spaniards are vanquished, including Don Alvo, 
Lawton and Braton—Ladies enter with flags, all tearing them to 
and fro. 

Rob. And now we will sail for the “Laii^cl of the Free and the 
home of the Brave.” {music, ''Star Spangled Banner.’’' 

CURTAIN. 

the end. 

Note. —The above climax must be thoroughly rehearsed, outside 
shouting is as important as lines. At finish of battle, form picture 
so the whole stage will appear as a cluster of waving flags. 

The Author. 


The Bird Family And 
Their Friends. 

A Comedy in 3 acts, by Verna il/. Raynor, for 9 male and 
5 female characters. Time of playing, 2 hours. 


SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 

ACT 1 .—Home of Mrs. Bird—Chollie a,iul liis mother—He en¬ 
deavors to write to Nightengale Thrash, but is too exhausted to col¬ 
lect his thoughts—^Ilobin plays a trick on his Aunt Peacock—Magpie 
returns from a stroll—Her opinion of Bluster Crow—Robin and 
ISIagpie—She sends a letter to Timothy Quail, her timid lover—Ar¬ 
rival of Hiram Gull—Lucretia falls in love—Mrs. Bird, who is about 
to call on lawyer Eagle, forbids Magpie receiving Mr. Quail— 
Timothy calls—The rug man with rugs—Return of Mrs. Bird— 
Timothy hides under the rugs—Robin comes to his rescue—Magpie 
and Bluster Crow—Robin helps Magpie to get rid of Mr. Crow— 
Lucretia receives a letter from Hiram Gull—Nightengale and Mag¬ 
pie’s plot—Gustavus Oriole, Nightengale’s unknou n correspondent— 
The interview—His opinion of actresses—Lucretia, a victim of 
Robin’s jokes. 

ACT II.—The masquerade at Mrs. Goldfinchs’—Gustavus and Nigh¬ 
tengale, an actress, but unknown to Gustavus—He expresses his 
opinion of her—Lucretia overhears Hiram Gull making love to Mrs. 
Goldfinch—A scene in which Hiram Gull gets the worst of it— 
Nightengale learns of the engagement of liucretia and Hiram Gull, 
a base scoundrel—Hiram Gull recognizes Nightengale—“I’ll let you 
goon one condition’’—Chollie and Mrs. Goldlinch, the wager lost— 
Gustavus recognizes Nightengale as the singer and actress—His 
,|[sf,List—“My fate is sealed’’—Magpie and Timothy, he resolves to 
propose, but'is too timid—Gull overhears Nightengale’s confession— 
Maupie and Timothy—“He’ll never propose’’—Gustavus accuses 
Niglitengale of deception—“I hope I may never look upon your face 

'^^ACT HL—Nightengale and Magpie—She decides to give Mr. Oriole 
a piece of her mind—Magpie and Timothy—Mrs. Bird arrives on the 

scene_Timothy hides under the table—As usual, Robin comes to the 

‘,.cscue—Magpie refuses Bluster Crow—“He insulted my Timothy’’— 
Lucretia and Hiram Gull propose an elopement, overheard by 
Nighteno’ale, who exposes Mr. Gull Lucretia in hysterics The ar¬ 
rest of Hiram Gull, or Daw, for forgery—Timothy Quail receives a 
fortune and Mrs. Bird welcomes him as her future son-in-law— 
Lawyer Eagle enlightens Gustavus Oriole regarding Nightengale— 
Nio-hteno-ate receives Gustavus confession coldly, but relents and 
confesses that she loves him—Magpie and Timothy, Gustavus and 
Nightengale happy at last. Price, 15 cents. 





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Boy, The. 

Christmas Long Ago.. 

Christmas Reminiscence. 

Cold, Ain’t It?. 

College Graduate. 

• Cockswain’s Story. 

Caliber Fifty-Four. 

Ed and I. 

Factory Bell. 

House of Jones. 

Hard to Conquer. 

Hog That Rides in a Wagon. 

Ideal Husband Non Est. 

License Town. 

IMemory. 

Mr. Peters of Schoharie, Moralizes 

Mine Schildhood. 

Nor AH M’Gill. 

Night Before Christmas. 

Night After Christmas. 

Over The Hills and Far Away. 

On, Country! Fair and Fruitful. ..., 

Old Jim. 

Over the River. 

Pluck and Prayer. 

Plain Opinion. 

Price, The... 

Railroad Journey. 

Rat, The Newsboy. 

Speak a Kind Word When You Can. . 

She Gave Me Away. 

This Oi.d Country. 

Tired Woman’s Epitaph. 

Tickling the Soft Spot. 

Village Sewing Society. 

Visit to Grandpa’s. 

Work—Not Alms. 

What’s The Good?. 


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B. G. Ingersoll .... 
Will Templer . 


H. L. Wilhelm. 


W. S. Briggs 


Will Fempler. 
T. B. Aldrich 
Abhie Snow .. 


Lena Ogles . 

Harriet Francis .. 
W. J. Lampton .,, 
.Eugene Field. .. . 

, Francis Glenerne . 

Will Templer . 

Nancy Priest . 


Susie M. Best . 

, Tom Mnx.wn . 

Hubert Hughes .... 

Francis Smith _ 

H. M. Addifion ... 
Tom Hall . 


Ijydia WaUon . . . . 
, William 11. Hill. . 


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53 Out in the Streets. 6 4 

51 Rescued.. 5 3 

59 Saved. 2 3 

102 Turn of the Tide. 7 4 

63 Three Glasses a Day. 4 2 

62 Ten Nights in a Bar-Room... 7 3 

58 Wrecked.9 3 

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324 A Day In A Doctor’s Office... 5 1 
136 A Legal Holiday. S 3 

168 A Pleasure Trip. 7 3 

124 An Afflicted Family.7 5 

257 Caught in the Act.7 3 

248 Captured. 6 4 

178 Caste. 5 3 

176 Factory Girl. 6 3 

207 Heroic Dutchman of 76........ 8 3 

199 Home .4 3 

174 Love’s Labor Not Lost. 3 3 

158 Mr.Hudson’s Tiger Hunt. 1 1 

149 New Years in N. Y.7 6 

37 Not So Bad After All.6 5 

237 Not Such a Fool as He Looks 6 3 

838 Our Boys.6 4 

126 Our Daughters.. 8 6 

.265 Pug and the Baby.5 3 

114 Passions.8 4 

264 Prof. James’ Experience 

Teaching Country School. 4 3 

219 Rags and Bottles. 4 1 

239 Scale with Sharps and Flats.. 3 2 

221 Solon Shingle.14 2 

262 Two Bad Boys...7 3 

87 The Biter Bit. 3 2 

131 The Cigarette. 4 2 

240 S2,000 Reward. 2 0 

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16 The Serf.6 3 

FARCES & COMEDIETTA S. 

129 Aar-u-ag-oos. 2 1 

132 Actor and Servant. 1 1 

316 Aunt Charlotte’s Maid. 3 3 

289 A Colonel’s Mishap.5 0 

12 A Capital Match. 3 2 

303 A Kiss in the Dark. 2 3 

166 ATexan Mother-in-Law.4 2 

30 A Day Well Spent. 7 5 

169 A Regular Fix. 2 4 

286 A Professional Gardener. 4 2 

80 Alarmingly Suspicious. 4 3 

320 All In A Mud lie. 3 3 

78 An Awful Criminal. 3 3 

313 A Matchmoking Father..*. 2 2 

31 A Pet of the Public......4 2 

21 A Romantic Attachment...... 3 3 

123 A Thrilling Item. 3 1 

20 A Ticket of Leave.3 2 

329 A Valets, I^stake.5 4 

324 A Day |n a Doctors Office.5 1. 

175 Betsey Baker. 2 2 


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8 Better Half... 5 2 

86 Black vs. White.4 2 

22 Captain Smith.. 3 3 

84 Cheek Will Win.3 0 

287 Cousin Josiah.1 1 

225 Cupids Capers.4 4 

317 Cleveland’s Reception Party. 5 3 
249 Double Election. 9 1 

49 Der Two Surprises. 1 1 

72 Deuce is in Him.5 1 

19 Did I Dream it.... 4 3 

220 Dutchy vs. Nigger. 3 0 

188 Dutch Prize Fighter. 3 0 

42 Domestic Felicity. 1 1 

148 Eh? What Did You Say. 3 1 

218 Everybody Astonished. 4 0 

224 Fooling with the Wrong Man 2 1 
233 Freezing a Mother-in-Law... 2 1 

154 Fun in a Post Office. 4 

184 Family Discipline. 0 

274 Family Jars.5 

209 Goose with the Golden Eggs 

13 Give Me My Wife. 

307 Hallabahoola, the Medicine 

Man. 

66 Hans, the Dutch J. P. 3 

271 Hans Brummel’s Cafe.5 

116 Hash. 

120 H. M. S. Plum. 1 

50 How She has Own Way. 

140 How He Popped the Quest’n 

74 How to Tame M-in-Law. 4 

35 How Stout Your Getting. 5 

247 Incompatibility of Temper 

95 In the Wrong Clothes. 5 

305 Jacob Shlaff’s Mistake.3 

299 Jimmie Jones.3 

11 John Smith.5 

323 Johanes Blata’a Mistake. 4 

99 Jumbo Jum.4 

82 Killing Time. 

182 Kittie’s Wedding Cake....>. 

127 Lick Skillet Wedding. 2 

228 Lauderbach’s Little Surprise 
302 Locked in a Dress-maker’s 

Room. 3 

106 Lodgings for Two.3 0 

288 Love in all Corners.....*.. 5 

139 Matrimonial Bliss. 

231 Match for a other-Min-Law 

235 More Blunders than one. 4 

69 Mother’s Fool. 

^3 My Heart’s in Highlands. 4 3 

^8 My' Precious Betsey.4 4 

212 My Turn Next. 4 

32 My Wife’s Relations. 4 

186 My Day and Now-a-Days. 0 

273 My Neighbor’s "Wife. 3 

296 Nanka’s Leap Year Venture.. 

259 Nobody’s Moke.5 

340 Our Hotel.5 3 

334 Olivet. 3 ‘ 

44 Obedience.1 2 

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Academy of Stars. 6 

A Coincidence.8 

An Unwelcome Return. 3 

An Unhappy Pair.1 

Bl^k Shoemaker.4 

Black Statue. 4 

Colored Senators. 3 

Chops. 3 

Cufrs Luck.2 

Crimps Trip. 5 

Fetter Lane to Gravesend.2 

Haunted House.2 

Hamlet the Dainty. 6 

How Sister Paxey got her 

Child Baptked. 2 

Handy Andy.- 2 

Hypochondriac The.2 

In For It. 3 

In the Wrong Box.3 

Joe’s Visit.2 

Mischievous Nigger. 4 

Midnight Colic. 2 

Musical Darkey. 2 

No Cure No Pay. 3 

Not as Deaf as He Seems. 3 

Old Clothes. 3 

Old Dad’s Cabin. 2 

OldPompey. 1 

Othello. 4 

Other People’s Children.3 

Pomp Green’s Snakes. 2 

Pomn’s Pranks.2 

Prof.Bones’Latest Invention 5 

Quarrelsome Servants.3 

Rooms to Let.2 

School...5 

Seeing Bosting...3 

Sham Doctor.. 3 

16.000 Years Ago.3 

Sports on a Lark.3 

Sport with a Sportsman.2 

Stage Struck Darkey.2 

Strawberry Shortcake. 2 

Stocks Up, Stocks Down. 2 

That^Boy Sam.3 

The Best Cure. 4 

The Intelligence Office.3 

The Select School. 5 

The Popcorn Man.- 3 

The Studio.3 

Those Awful Boys.5 

Ticket Taker.3 

Twain’s Dodging.-.3 

Tricks.-.5 

Uncle .Jeffi.5 

Vice Versa.3 

Villkens and Dinah.4 

Virginia Mumm'f--~. .6 

Who Stole the Chickens.1 

William Tell.4 

Wig-Maker and His Servants 3 
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